Shutter-bower.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

SHUTTER-BOWER.

To all `whom 'it may fonct/rn:

Be it known that l` HARRY ZiMMERtMN, a citizen ol' the United States, resii'ling at Fre mont, in the countyv ot' Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutterk Bowers, ot' which the following is a specification.

Mv invention relates to shutter bowers and consists in certain improvements in the construction of the sill plate, and its combination with the devices carried by the shutter,

fully set i'orth hereinafter and as illustrated hv the accompanying drawing, in whiche- Figure 1 is a perspective view ol' a sill plate embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is an inner face sectional view of a sill and shutter illustrating the sill. and sill plate in section in connection with other parts of the device; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line BH3 Fi 2; Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. El showing a di erent form ol' locking device; and Figs. 5 and 6 are pers lectivo views ol sill plates of somewhat dit erent character from that shown in Fig. 1.

In some forms ot' sill plates having openings to receive the hook end of a hrace rod, the )arts are so relatively arranged that a careless carpenter, while securing the plate to the sill so as to he engaged hy the catch, will yet iix it so that the rod will not enter the openings to hold the shutter in a proper bowed relation to the sill, hut will onljvr hold it when at di'll'erent angles closing toward the. wall, a useless arrangement, as al'ter the shutter is fully opened it requires to he lixed onl v in one position, that is flat against the Wall, which is effected lrv using sill plate F with a single opening. To prevent any adjustment which will secure such result l provide the plate B, Figs. 1 to with an opening 3 to receive the locking tongue or holt, and at each side ol' this main opening' 3 l :irrang'c an),F desired nnniher ol' openings el.

As a result when the plate is secured to the sill in position to he engaged h v the bolt, there will alwavs he an openingl or openings 4 on that side of the main opening S, where they are required to receive the end of the rod D with the shutter in d ii l'erent positions, closing toward the sill. Generallv two openings on each side will with the intermediate olpening afford all necessary adjustments of t e shutter, but the number may be increased. This construction has the further Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 5, 1907'.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 400,365.

advantage that the saine form of plate may he used with each shutter, but it will he evident that while the openings on the left of the main opening 3 are engaged by' the rod in connection with the right shutter, those at the right will he so engaged by the other rod when the plate is set to coact with the shutter at the left.

While the opening 3 in line with the o ienings 4 Ina5T receive a suitable locking )olt when the shutter is fully closed, I have found it liest in many cases to provide an additional opening 5 back of the openin 3, so situated as to receive the holt or cate whatever its character, when the shutter is fully closed. This permits the opening 3 to be used for locking the shutter when the latter is nearlf, hut not quite, closed, and insures such loc ing in case the presence of ice or snow or the farping ol the shutter prevents a complete closure of the shutter.

In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the locking device consists of the hook at the end of the brace rod which is then supported hy the perforated tongue c of a bracket C secured to the shutter,but it may be a sliding holt, or a pivoted catch D supported by the shutter, as in Fig. 4.

W hen the locking device is carried perinanently with the shutter the openings 3 5 may he hoth formed to elosel r fit the bolt, hut when the holt is the end o the rod A, as in Figs. 2 and 3, then the shifting of the position of the locking end as the shutter is carried from a closed position requires an elongation of the opening 3 as shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6. The arrangement of holes on opposite sides of the main hole 3 may be used 1n connection with sill lates of cast or malleahle metal constructe to be set onto the Sill as usual, or into the sill as shonn in Figs. 2, I3 and 1, hut the arrangement of the locking hole 5 hack of the hole 3 may be ein loyed, n hether the hole 3 is used with the holjes 4 on both sides, as in Figs. 1 and 5, or all at one side, as in Fig. G, and either arran ement may he used ith diiierent forms of ocking devices.

The entire plate may not he widened to receive the opening 5, as it may he in an extension 6 of the plate asin Fig. 5.

A form of plate economically produced is that shown in the dra .ving and consisting of a plate of metal of L-shape in cross section wlth screw openings either within the regular outline of the top plate a4 as in Fig. 1, or'

in ears extending therefrom as in Figs. 5 and 6. This sill plate may be a casting, but prei"- erably is bent from a perforated plate of malleable metal, and it nill be seen that a flat plate may have all of the perforations punched in it at a single operation, and the plate may then be bent up into shape to forni the top plate a and face plate b and thus cheaply manufactured. .it 'pill further be seen that the sill plate thus constructed, when set in a socket of the sill, as shonn in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 has its top plate a flush t ith the sill so that there are no'projeetions above the latter, and that the face plate b closes the socket x in the sill. in order to prevent accumulation of moisture or dust weithin the socket, I prefer to punch or other-aise form one or more openings 8 in the vertical face plate b, the said opening or openings being in a position to allor. all of the v1 ater or dust to escape from below the top plate u.. lt 'o ill be seen that in either of the said construetions there is a faee plate v.' ith openings to receive the end of the brace rod and engage the catch, and that when L-shaped in cross seotion it has a flange to close a socket in the sill, and that it can be made of conrparatively light material inasmuch as the si es of the socket serve to brace the parts oi'v the sill plate, and that it is cheaply manufactured and readily applied, and presents no obstructions above the face of the sill.

l do not here claim the details of construed tion shovrn herein and also shown and claimed in my applications for Letters Patw ent Serial Nos. 347,531, 400,653 and L101,024.

iithout limiting myself to the precise constructions and arrangements shown, l claim- 1. A sill plate provided v ith bowing openings and n ith two locking openings, one in line with the bowing openings and the other back of the irst, and each adapted to receive the locking means.

2. A sill plate provided n ith an openingfor engaging a locking bolt or eateh, and a plurality of bowing openings on opposite sides of the main opening for the purpose speciiied.

3. A sill plate provided n ith an opening' for engaging a locking bolt or catch, and ade ditional openings on opposite sides of the main openings, and a lockingl opening hack of the main openiilg, for the purpose speritied.

4. The combination in a shutter boner ol' a brace rod having a hooked arm, a perforated. tongue, both carried by the shutter, and a sill plate provided e ith a locking opening,r and a plurality of boeing openings adjacent thereto and ith a separate loi-king opening back ofthe rst, both locking openings in position to receive the end ofthe brace rod in locking a shutter.

5. A sill plate L-shaped in eross seetion having its top plate n ith openings l'or the end` of a brace rod, and e ith a fare plate at right angles to the top plate.

6. A sill plate having a topplate n ith openings to receive the end of a brace rod, and a vertical face plate with notches, as set forth.

7. 'lhe combination in a shutter bon er ol' a hooked brace rod and means for hingimel it to a shutter, a bracket adapted for attachment to the shutter and havingr a perforated tongue, a sill plate having` an elongated locking opening, and honing openings on each side ofthe locking' opening.

ln testimony v hereof l allix my signature in presence of tn o iwitnesses.

HARRY ZIMM ll h MAN.

Witness s:

MATIE BisNET'rE, FRANK (l. Krsna. 

